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Timosthenes, 7 Patrocles, 8 Demodamas, 9 Clitarchus, 10 

 Eratosthenes, 11 Alexander the Great, 12 Ephorus, 13 Hip- 

 parchus, 14 Panaetius, 15 Callimachus, 16 Artemidorus, 17 Apol- 

 lodorus, 18 Agathocles, 19 Polybius, 20 Eumachus, 21 Ti- 

 mseus Siculus, 22 Alexander Polyhistor, 23 Isidorus, 24 Amome- 

 tus, 25 Metrodorus, 26 Posidonius, 27 Onesicritus, 28 Nearchus, 29 

 Megasthenes, 30 Diognetus, 31 Aristocreon, 33 Bion, 33 Dalion, 34 



7 See end of B. iv. 



8 He commanded the fleets of Ptolemy Philadelphia, and of Seleucus Ni- 

 cator, by whose orders he paid a visit to the coasts of India. Strabo speaks 

 of his account of India as the best guide to the geography of that country. 



9 A native of Miletus see the tenth Chapter of this Book. He appears 

 to have written a geographical work on Asia, from which Pliny derived 

 considerable assistance. 



10 Son of Demon, the historian ; he accompanied Alexander in his 

 Asiatic expedition, and wrote a history of it. Quintus Curtius censures 

 him for his inaccuracy. Cicero, Quintilian, and Longinus, also speak in 

 slighting terms of his performance. 



11 See end of B. ii. 



12 He alludes to the letters of that monarch, and the journals which 

 were kept on the occasion of his expeditions. In the middle ages several 

 forged works were current under his name. 



13 See end of B. iv. u See end of B. ii. 

 15 See end of B. v. 16 See end of B. iv. 

 17 See end of B. ii. 18 See end of B. iv. 

 19 See end of B. iv. 20 See end of B. iv. 

 21 See end of B. iv. 22 See end of B. iv. 

 23 See end of B. iii. 2 * See end of B. ii. 



25 A Greek writer of uncertain date, who wrote, as Pliny tells us, (c. 20 of 

 the present Book), a work on the people called Attaci, or Attacori. He also 

 wrote another, describing a voyage, commenced at Memphis in Egypt. 



26 See end of B. iii. 27 See end of B. ii. 



28 See end ofB. ii. 



29 The admiral of Alexander, who sailed down the river Indus, and up 

 the Persian Gulf. It is not known when or where he died. After the 

 death of Alexander, he supported the cause of Antigonus. He left a 

 history or journal of his famous voyage. 



30 See end of B. v. 



31 Mentioned by Pliny in c. 21. He measured the distances of the 

 marches of Alexander the Great, and wrote a book on the subject. 



32 See end of B. v. 



33 A native of Soli. He is mentioned by Diogenes Laertius, as the author 

 of a work on ^Ethiopia, of which some few fragments are preserved. Varro 

 and Pliny mention him, also, as a writer on agriculture. 



34 A writer on geography and botany, again mentioned by Pliny in B. xx. 

 c. 73. He is supposed to have lived in the first century after Christ. See 

 also c. 35. 



